Multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising

ABSTRACT

A multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising is built of cases or bricks with tenons and mortises and plates respectively made of environment protecting materials and able to be quickly combined into walls of different shapes. The case or the brick has its upper and lower surface respectively provided with one or plural tenons and mortises to enable the cases and the bricks or the plate to be mortised together and combined into a wall without applying mortar, slurry or any other adhesives. The cases, the bricks or the plate can be reciprocally combined into different-shaped and multifunctional walls.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a multifunctional rail-style wall combined bymortising, particularly to one built of special cases and bricks withtenons and mortises engaged with one another, needless to employ mortar,slurry or other adhesives for bonding.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Although various new building materials have been employed for modernbuildings nowadays, yet the cost of such materials are quite expensive.Therefore, conventional bricks are still employed in building so as tolower the cost of building materials, such as building surrounding wallsor partitioning rooms.

However, walls built of the conventional bricks have the followingdefects.

1. When used for building walls, the conventional bricks must have thebonding portions applied with mortar first and then bonded together tobe solidified. Under the circumstances, a great quantity of mortar whichis a mixture of concrete, sand, stone and water has to be employed, andthe concrete, the sand and the stone have to be obtained by exploitingnatural environment, likely to spoil it.

2. During building walls with conventional bricks, mortar has to bemixed and stirred repeatedly for use, wasting time and labor, and bondthe bricks together, each brick has to be applied with mortarcontinuously and bonded together quickly before the mortar becomes dry,complicating building process and requiring a long period of time inbuilding.

3. Conventional bricks are heavy and have hardly any variation when usedfor building.

4. It is likely to soil and disorder nearby surroundings in the processof building.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A first objective of the invention is to offer a multifunctionalrail-style wall combined by mortising. The wall is built of cases orbricks with tenons and mortises. The cases or the bricks with tenons andmortises used for building walls have the upper and the lower surfacerespectively formed with one or plural first tenons one or plural firstmortises and at least one or plural second mortises. Thus, the cases orthe bricks with tenons and mortises can be engaged with one another andcombined into a straight wall or walls of other geometrical shapes, suchas an L shape, a T shape, an inverted-U shape and a triangular shape,able to be assembled quickly and stably.

A second objective of the invention is to offer a multifunctionalrail-style wall combined by mortising. The wall is built of cases orbricks with tenons and mortises. Such cases and bricks respectively haveone lengthwise side bored at an intermediate portion with a pipe groovepreset in shape and four corners respectively formed with a cut facepreset in shape. Thus, when such cases and bricks are connected straightvertically in an interposing pattern, the pipe grooves at theintermediate portions of the cases and the bricks will be aligned to thegrooves formed by correspondingly combining every two cut faces of theupper and the lower cases and bricks so as to form a passageway forfitting pipes therein.

A third objective of the invention is to offer a multifunctionalrail-style wall combined by mortising. The wall is built of cases andbricks with tenons and mortises. Such cases or bricks can be secured toan upper and a lower wall or fixed with a left and a right wall, lettingthe opposite first mortises of the cases or the bricks face each otherat a certain distance. Then, a plate is slideably fitted between theopposite mortises to form a plate wall.

A fourth objective of the invention is to offer a multifunctionalrail-style wall combined by mortising. The wall is built of hollow casesor solid bricks with tenons and mortises. The solid bricks with tenonsand mortises can be combined as lower layers of a wall, while the hollowcases can be combined as upper layers of the wall, and these hollowcases can be filled in with plastic materials to increase its strength.

A fifth objective of the invention is to offer a multifunctionalrail-style wall combined by mortising. The wall is built of cases orbricks with tenons and mortises. Such cases or bricks with tenons andmortises are made of special materials and have the following features:environmental protection, recyclability, fire prevention, waterprevention, heat insulation, temperature retaining, sound insulation,energy saving and extensive applicability.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

This invention will be better understood by referring to theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of a hollowcase with tenons and mortises in the present invention:

FIG. 2 is a perspective and cross-sectional view of the first preferredembodiment of the hollow case with tenons and mortises in the presentinvention:

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of abrick with tenons and mortises in the present invention:

FIG. 4 is a front view of a straight wall built by mortising togetherthe cases or the bricks with tenons and mortises in the presentinvention:

FIG. 5 is a front view of the first preferred embodiment of the hollowcases or the bricks with tenons and mortises, applied to a plate wall inthe present invention:

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second preferred embodiment of thecases or the brick with tenons and mortises, used for building avertical wall in the present invention:

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the second preferred embodiment of casesor the bricks with tenons and mortises, combined into an L-shaped wallin the present invention:

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a third preferred embodiment of the caseor the solid brick with tenons and mortises, used for building a wallformed with a pipe groove in the present invention:

FIG. 9 is a front view of the third preferred embodiment of the cases orthe bricks with tenons and mortises, combined into a wall having a pipepassage provided in advance for fitting pipes in the present invention:.

FIG. 10 is a side-sectional view of a fourth preferred embodiment of thecase or the brick with tenons and mortises to be fixed on an upper walland on a floor in the present invention:

FIG. 11 is a side-sectional view of a fifth preferred embodiment of thecase or the brick with tenons and mortises to be fixed under a roof andon the ground in the present invention:

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a sixth preferred embodiment of thecase or the brick with tenons and mortises, used for increasing thethickness of a wall in the present invention:

FIGS. 13 to 16 are respectively a side-sectional view of several otherpreferred embodiments of the case or the brick with tenons and mortises,having a flat surface to be used for closely contacting with a wall inthe present invention: and

FIGS. 17 to 19 are respectively a side-sectional view of the case or thebrick with different-shaped tenons and mortises in the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A first preferred embodiment of a multifunctional rail-shape wallcombined by mortising in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2and 3, is a straight wall built of cases 1 or bricks 2 with tenons andmortises. The case 1 or the brick 2 is a rectangular body having anupper and a lower surface 10 and four vertical sides 20. Each case 1 orbrick 2 has its upper surface 10 provided with two first tenons 11 andits lower surface 10 bored with two first mortises 12 respectivelyextending from the edge of one lateral side to the edge of the oppositelateral side to enable every two cases 1 or bricks 2 to be mortisedtogether.

The cases 1 has its interior formed with a hollow portion 30 providedtherein with a #-shaped or other shaped reinforcing ribs 31 on the innerwalls to increase its strength and has its upper or lower surface boredwith at least one pouring hole 14 communicating with the hollow 30.Thus, plastic materials can be poured into the hollow 30 through thepouring hole 14 and, after the plastic materials inside the hollow 30 isdried and hardened, solid cases with great strength are obtained, whichare able to be used as the lowermost layer of a wall. The brick 2 withtenons and mortises is a solid one.

To build a straight wall with the cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenonsand mortises, as shown in FIG. 4, firstly, the cases 1 or the bricks 2have their opposite short lateral sides connected with one another andarranged in one row or two rows and fixed on a floor to make up alowermost layer of a wall. Next, the cases 1 or 1 or the bricks 2 formaking up a second layer of the wall respectively have the two firstmortises 12 engaged with the two first tenons 11 of the cases 1 or thebricks 2 of the lowermost layer on the floor to finish the second layerof the wall, with the cases 1 or the bricks 2 of the second layerpositioned on those of the lowermost layer in an interposing pattern. Athird layer or other sequent layers of the wall are positioned in thesame way as described above.

In case the cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons and mortises of thisinvention are used to build a straight wall connected under a roof andon the ground, the roof and the ground have to be respectively providedwith two elongate projections or two elongate grooves to be respectivelymortised with the two first mortises 12 or the two first tenons 11 ofthe cases 1 or the bricks 2 to finish the lowermost and the uppermostlayer of a wall. In addition, the cases 1 or the bricks 2 can also bearranged alongside into a straight line and have their upper surfaces 10with the first tenons 11 respectively fixed under the roof and on theground, with their first mortises facing each other. Then, a plate 40 isslidably fitted with the opposite mortises 12 of the cases 1 or thebricks 2 fixed under the roof and on the ground, thus finishing assemblyof a plate wall. In addition, a plate can also be movably between a leftand a right wall formed of the cases 1 and the bricks 2.

The plate 40 employed in the invention is made of black mica, which hascapacities of fire prevention, temperature retaining, heat insulationand sound insulation. The mica is processed, treated and added withother minerals and chemical materials to make a multifunctional platewhich is able to take the place of stone, earthenware grains and slag,having many features, such as high technology, environmental protection,recyclability, fire prevention, water prevention, heat insulation,temperature retaining, sound insulation, energy saving and extensiveapplication. In addition, the case 1 and the brick 2 can be made of thecut waste of the plate 40 added with a proper proportion of mineral,wood, plastic and metal compressed by machinery, having advantage ofenvironmental protection.

A second preferred embodiment of a multifunctional rail-style wallcombined by mortising in the present invention is a vertical wall builtof the cases 1 or the bricks 2. For building a vertical wall, as shownin FIG. 6, the case 1 or the brick 2 with tenons and mortises 2 has itslower surface 10 with the two first mortises 12 bored at one end withtwo transverse second mortises 13 perpendicular to the two firstmortises 12.

As shown in FIG. 7, the cases 1 or the bricks 2 can be verticallyarranged into an L-shaped, a T-shaped or an inverted U-shaped wall. Inassembling, firstly, the cases 1 or the bricks 2 of the lowermost layerof a first wall (a) are vertically connected alongside with the cases 1or the bricks 2 of the lowermost layer of a second wall (b). Then, thecases 1 or the brick 2 to form a second layer of the second wall (b)have the two first tenons 11 on the lower surface 10 respectivelyengaged vertically with the two second mortises 13 in the upper surface10 of the cases 1 or the bricks 2 of the lowermost layer of the wall(a). Thus, walls of different shapes can be built with the cases 1 orthe bricks 2 in a same way as described above.

A third preferred embodiment of a multifunctional rail-style wallcombined by mortising in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8, haspassageways formed for fitting pipes therein. For this purpose, as shownin FIG. 8, the cases 1 or the brick 2 with tenons and mortises used forbuilding a straight or a vertical wall has one lengthwise side 20 boredwith a vertical pipe groove 21 at an intermediate portion and the fourcorners of the four vertical sides 20 are respectively formed with a cutface 22. Thus, when the cases 1 or the bricks 2 are upward positioned inan interposing pattern, the pipe grooves 21 at the intermediate portionsof the cases 1 or the bricks 2 will be aligned to the notches formed bythe two cut faces 22 of two connected cases 1 or bricks 2 to form apiping passage, as shown in FIG. 9. Therefore, when a wall is built ofsuch cases 1 or bricks 2, a continuous pipe passageway 23 can be formedfor facilitating installation of wire or water pipes 50. An open pipepassageway 23 will be formed in case the wall has a thickness of onlyone row of such cases 1 or bricks 2, while a closed pipe passageway 23can be formed when the wall is built with a thickness of two rows ofsuch cases 1 or bricks 2 having the pipe passageways 23 facing eachother, able to quickly install pipes through the pipe passageway 23 andimpossible to spoil or damage the wall.

A fourth and a fifth preferred embodiment of a multifunctionalrail-style wall combined by mortising in the present invention is to befixed under a roof or on the ground. For this purpose, as shown in FIGS.10 and 11, the case 1 or the brick 2 has the the portions of the twolengthwise sides near the upper or lower surface 10 respectivelyprovided with a wing 24 extending out horizontally, and each wing 24 isbored with an insert hole 241 for an expansion bolt to be insertedtherethrough and secure the cases 1 or the brick 2 on the ground or theupper wall.

A sixth preferred embodiment of a multifunctional rail-style wallcombined by mortising in the present invention is a thick wall combinedwith two rows of the cases 1 or the bricks 2. For building such a wall,as shown in FIG. 12, the case 1 or the brick 2 has one lengthwise side20 provided with two vertical tenons 25 spaced apart and the otherlengthwise side formed with two vertical mortises 26 spaced apart tocorrespond to the two tenons 25, with the two vertical tenons 25 and thetwo vertical mortises 26 respectively extending from the edge of theupper surface 10 to the edge of the lower surface 10. Thus, one case 1or brick 2 can be combined alongside with another case 1 or brick 2 byengaging the two vertical tenons 25 with the two vertical mortises 26together.

Several other preferred embodiments of a multifunctional rail-style wallcombined by mortising in the present invention are to be contactedclosely with surrounding walls of a building. For this purpose, as shownin FIGS. 13 to 16, the case 1 or the brick 2 has one of the two surfaces10 or one of the two lengthwise sides formed into a flat surface to beclosely and smoothly connected with a surrounding wall.

In addition, the tenons 11 and the mortises 12 of the cases 1 or thebricks 2 in this invention can be of any shape or of any size so long asthey can be engaged correspondingly with one another. For instance, theshapes of the tenon 11 and the mortises 12 cloud be shaped a “V” asshown in FIGS. 1 to 16, or a “U”, a semicircle, or “Ω”.

Specifically, the feature and variation of this invention are describedas follows.

1. The case 1 or the brick 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can be arectangular shape or any other geometrical shapes.

2. The cases 1 or the brick 2 can be provided with one, or two or morethan two tenons 11 and mortises 12.

3. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 with different numbers of tenons 11 andmortises 12 can be reciprocally combined together for use according topractical needs.

4. The tenons 11 and the mortises 12 of the cases 1 or the brick 2 canbe shaped into any geometrical shape, such as a “V”, a “U”, asemicircle, or a “Ω” shape.

5. The tenons 11 and the mortises 12 of the case 1 or the brick 2 can beformed either on the upper and the lower surface or on the twolengthwise sides.

6. The size of the case 1 or the brick 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12can be changed in accordance with the requirements of customers.

7. The pipe groove 21 formed in the cases 1 or the bricks 2 can be ofany geometrical shape.

8. Pipes can in advance be installed in the pipe groove 21 formed in thecases 1 or the bricks 2. If the cases 1 or the bricks 2 are hollow,pipes can be installed in the hollow interior.

9. The hollow portion of the case 1 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 canbe filled in with liquid mortar or other materials and can be providedtherein ribs made of plates, plastic or metal to increase its strength.

10. Any part of the case 1 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can be madewith plastic or metal for use.

11. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can becast integral casting in certain factories or any particular site.

12. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 canquickly be combined into a wall shaped “L”, “T” or inverted-U.

13. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can beused as inner or outer molds.

14. An outer wall built of the cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11and mortises 12 can be attached on with mosaic, marble, ore, or metal,or coated with color paint, wall paper or drawn with drawings tobeautify its appearance.

15. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can becombined into an everlasting wall or a temporary wall.

16. The cases 1 or the bricks with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can berecycled for reuse.

17. A wall built of the cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11 andmortises 12 can be extended or shortened or connected with another wall.

18. All the parts and fittings for making up the cases 1 with tenons 11and mortises 12 can be recombined into cases with tenons and mortises bybuyers themselves and then combine them into a wall.

19. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can bereciprocally used for building walls according to practical needs.

20. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can becombined into walls of different shapes without help of professionalworkers.

21. The cases 1 or the bricks 2 can be combined into walls convenientlyand quickly.

22. It is unnecessary to employ other tools for combining the cases 11or the bricks 2 into walls and impossible to cause pollution.

As can be understood from the above description, the cases 1 or thebricks 2 with tenons 11 and mortises 12 can be shaped into variousstructures and also can be combined with plates to build walls ofdifferent shapes as described below.

1. Walls can be built only with the hollow cases 1 with tenons andmortises.

2. Walls can be built of the hollow cases 1 with tenons and mortises,which are respectively provided therein with reinforced ribs or filledwith mortar.

3. Walls can be built with plates 40 and the bricks 2 with tenons andmortises.

4. Walls can be built of both the cases 1 and the bricks 2 with tenonsand mortises.

5. Walls can be built of plates 40, and cases 1 and bricks 2 with tenonsand mortises.

Further, the combination of the cases 1, or of the cases 1 with thebricks 2, or of the bricks 2 can be carried out by mutual engagement ofthe tenons with the mortises so it is needless to employ traditionalmortar, slurry or other adhesive media for bonding, able to combine awall easily and quickly.

Furthermore, the cases 1 and bricks 2 with tenons and mortises in thepresent invention are derived and developed from the following PRCpatents acquired by the inventor of this invention: No. 02289540.Xtitled “STONE MATERIAL OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION”, No.02294519.9 titled “POROUS ECOLOGICAL PLATE” and the patent No.02289539.6 titled “FIREPROOF, WATERPROOF, HEAT-INSULATING ANDSOUND-INSULATING WALL PLATE”. The case 1 with tenons and mortises inthis invention is made of black mica, which is cut and assembled, whilethe bricks 2 with tenons and mortises in this invention are made of therecycled waste material of foresaid plate, which is crushed and thenadded with other material. In addition, the case 1 and the bricks 2 withtenons and mortises in this invention can also be made of material ofmining products or waste materials obtained from cement factories. Tosum up, the case 1 and the bricks 2 with tenons and mortises in thepresent invention not only have advantages of high technology,environmental protection, and no-pollution, but also have effects offire prevention, water prevention, heat insulation, sound insulation andtemperature retaining.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been describedabove, it will be recognized and understood that various modificationsmay be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover allsuch modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of theinvention.

1. A multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising comprising cases and bricks with tenons and mortises, said case or said brick with tenons and mortises shaped rectangular, said case or brick having an upper and a lower surface and four circumferential sides, said upper and said lower surface of said case or brick respectively provided with at least one lengthwise first tenon and one lengthwise first mortise, said first tenon and said first mortise respectively extending from the edge of one of said circumferential sides to the edge of the opposite circumferential side, every two of said cases or said bricks able to be combined together by engaging said tenons with said mortises, said case with said tenons and mortises formed with a hollow in its interior, said brick with said tenons and mortises being solid or hollow, said cases or said bricks able to be combined into walls of different shapes, needless to use mortar, slurry or other adhesives for bonding.
 2. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case with said tenons and mortises has its hollow provided on the inner walls with reinforced ribs preset in shape.
 3. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case with said tenons and mortises has its upper surface bored with at least one pouring hole communicating with said hollow for plastic material to be poured therethrough in said hollow.
 4. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case and said brick respectively have said two lengthwise sides near the upper or the lower surface respectively provided with a wing extending outward horizontally to be fixed on the ground or under the roof by fasteners.
 5. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case and said brick respectively have one of said lengthwise sides bored with a vertical pipe groove preset in shape at an intermediate portion, and four corners of said four circumferential sides are respectively formed with a vertical cut face to match with said pipe groove, said pipe grooves together with said cut faces of said cases or bricks making up a pipe passageway for fitting pipes therein after said cases or bricks are combined together in an interposing pattern.
 6. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein if said brick is hollow, pipes are in advance provided in its hollow and also in the hollow of said case.
 7. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case and said brick respectively have said two lengthwise sides respectively provided with at least one vertical tenon and one vertical mortise respectively extending from the edge of said upper surface to the edge of said lower surface to enable two cases or two bricks to be combined alongside with each other so as to build a wall with a thickness of two rows of said cases or bricks.
 8. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plate can be slidably fitted between said first mortises of said cases or bricks secured under the roof and on the ground or between a left and a right wall.
 9. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim, wherein said plate contains mainly mica and partially other minerals and chemical materials, and is compressed in shape by machinery.
 10. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case and said brick respectively have at least one second mortise provided in said surface with said first mortise and positioned perpendicular to said first mortise so that said brick with said second mortise can be vertically combined with another said brick to build a vertical wall.
 11. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 9, wherein said first tenon, said first mortise and said second mortise can be shaped into any geometrical shape, such as a V shape, a semi-circle shape, a U shape or a Ω shape.
 12. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case with tenons and mortises is made of a plate, which is cut and processed.
 13. The multifunctional rail-style wall combined by mortising as claimed in claim 1, wherein after said plate is cut and processed to make said cases with tenons and mortises, remaining waste material of said plate can be recycled for making said bricks. 